Data Sheet-China and U.S. in a Dead Heat for A.I

Jane Sun, CEO of Ctrip, the Chinese online travel site, says "talent follows opportunity." She's referring in part to her own fortunate journey. She was a finance executive in Silicon Valley in the 1990s at the semiconductor manufacturing company Applied Materials. When her husband was offered a job as an early employee of Alibaba they returned to their native China, where she joined the company she now leads. It's worth $16 billion and has ambitions to be global, beyond its role today serving Chinese travelers at home and abroad.
Sun's career timing has been impeccable. It also mirrors...Read more ...